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Meta terms may let it train AI on news sites for free

Meta's new terms, effective October 30th, appear to permit crawling and scraping of websites associated with businesses using its platforms, including online publishers. The terms say Meta can use this outside content to develop, improve, research and train AI.

First seen 16 Oct, 14:02 UTC on The Verge2 sourcesLast update 3h ago

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No word from Meta yet.

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The Verge· 16 Oct, 14:02Meta's new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for freeArs Technica· 16 Oct, 15:41Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing fees

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16 Oct 14:02The Verge Meta's new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free16 Oct 15:41Ars Technica Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing fees

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